Sardar Ravi Inder Singh Dummna (born 23 March 1940) is an industrialist, former Speaker of the

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and a five time M.L.A. from

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. He is an engineering graduate from I.I.T. Kharagpur & an M.B.A. from

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. He is the grandson of Sardar Indra Singh ‒ the steel magnate and the son of Sardar Ajaib Singh. Singh is the nephew of Sardar Baldev Singh ‒ the first Defence Minister of Independent

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. Sardar Baldev Singh was a close confidant of

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and is still widely known as the wealthiest

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man.

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1940 births People from Rupnagar district Living people Indian industrialists Harvard Business School alumni Punjab, India politicians Speakers of the Punjab Legislative Assembly Indian expatriates in the United States Shiromani Akali Dal politicians {{PunjabIN-SAD-politician-stub